Stories written by Injured Workers or their families.
April P Thomas writes about her experience of bullying and harassment in her blog which you can find here: https://medium.com/@aprilpthomas This is part of her story: So today I’m giving myself a challenge to tell whoever is willing to read my story of an psychological injury…, (big breath). Now it all started with a new[…]
A while ago we asked two of our member to have a yarn with each other about their experience and recorded them. This is what they talked about:
Author: Leigh Shears, First posted to our Face Book Page 30.10.16Earlier this year I was told by the insurer that they will no longer provide physiotherapy because ‘they are not in the business of maintenance’. They will only provide assistance where there is a likelyhood that the treatment will assist in full recovery. As of[…]
Here’s a story that a rehab worker sent me about a workers journey to recover, this time hampered by the insurer all the way. “Agents in the most basic sense have 2 roles – make weekly payments and pay for treatment. A worker sustained a significant lower back injury. He thought it was going[…]
An open letter to all politicians and governments in Australia.Dear Sir/Madam.I am 60 years of age. Up to the 30/10/1996 I was a hardworking carpenter and builder. I was relatively financially secure. And had just completed my 36 bluestone home, on an acre, in Belgrave sth.I laid every bluestone myself, and did all the work on[…]
Member receives a final demand from their bank – and passed it on to Mike Baird. Dear Mr Baird,Attached is the final notice in regards to my home loan. This is the process that takes my house from my family.In November you took away support. I’m a seriously injured worked of over 30%. You, however, took[…]
My compensation claim has dragged on for years without a satisfactory completion owing to incompetence, lack of response to correspondence, several case managers assigned to my case and then moved on before they even got to grips with it.
Where do I start?Well my Name is Peter and I was injured in 2007, I was a Track rider/stable hand I was working 45-50 hours per week before I had the accident.